Does anyone know what FNR stamped in the right side of a buttstock of a No4 means?
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Does anyone know what FNR stamped in the right side of a buttstock of a No4 means?
It couldn't be answered in the other thread about it, so doubt it will be in this one.
Google suggests :
"For No Reason"
There are several other possibilities :
Forestry and Natural Resources (various universities)
Fonds National de la Recherche (French: National Fund for Research; Luxembourg)
Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe (German: Agency for Renewable Resources)
Frais de Notaire Reduits (French; Reduced Notary Cost)
Fast Neutron Reactor
Funk Night Records (record label)
File Name Record
Ferredoxin NADP+ Reductase
False Negative Rate
Find and Replace
Ford Nuclear Reactor
Fermetures Neuf et Rénovation (French renovation company)
Future Net Revenue
Friday Night Ride
Full Needle Rib (knitting)
Flexible Numbering Register
Fixed Network Reconfiguration
Final Notice of Recommendation (education)
Frequency Normalization Response (RF tuner gain calibration technique)
Fumarate Nitrate Reductase Regulation
I quite like
'Friday Night Ride'
In the other thread I think the owner was hoping it stood for 'Frightfully New Rifle'
For New Recruits. Only issued for training. 😛
I'm inclined to the False Negative Rate.
Methinks an enterprising REME craftsman found the sights on this rifle were slightly out of whack when it was in a training Battalion. It was found that the sights were OK, you just needed to sort out the difference between a low 6 O'clock hold, a high 6 and a centre hold. The difference being the 'perceived' level of colour the shooter sees between blade and target.
The Crafty, liking a joke, decided that A False Negative Rate actually meant a real positive rate, depending on how your looked at it.
Or something like that...
Got you thinking now, right?
Come one, be creative in showing me how off the mark I am! :)